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President Trump has been excoriated as a demon, racist, heartless, witless, tone deaf, Nazi, KKK, orange white supremacist by the unhinged local leftist loonies for tweeting more about the NFL than Puerto Rico's travails. See? the herd squeals, racist!racist!racist!racist!racist!racist!racist!
So I went back and took the most recent 250 posts from Current Events and the most recent 250 posts from Politics and, judging only by the headlines, counted how many posts were about the NFL and kneeling and how many posts were about Puerto Rico. There were 128 about the NFL and 17 about Puerto Rico. Of the 17 about Puerto Rico, only two weren't complaining about Trump's response and comparing his Puerto Rico response to his NFL response.
So, you left-wing lunatics, by your own standards, you are guilty of being demon, racist, heartless, witless, tone deaf, Nazi, KKK, orange white supremacists yourselves, fucking phonies. Here's Michelle Malkin, taking you down another few pegs. (I wonder how you can stand to look at yourselves in the mirror in the mornings. No wonder you all hate life with such zeal.)
So I went back and took the most recent 250 posts from Current Events and the most recent 250 posts from Politics and, judging only by the headlines, counted how many posts were about the NFL and kneeling and how many posts were about Puerto Rico. There were 128 about the NFL and 17 about Puerto Rico. Of the 17 about Puerto Rico, only two weren't complaining about Trump's response and comparing his Puerto Rico response to his NFL response.
So, you left-wing lunatics, by your own standards, you are guilty of being demon, racist, heartless, witless, tone deaf, Nazi, KKK, orange white supremacists yourselves, fucking phonies. Here's Michelle Malkin, taking you down another few pegs. (I wonder how you can stand to look at yourselves in the mirror in the mornings. No wonder you all hate life with such zeal.)
Iām calling foul on all the leftists rushing to protect the NFLās protest crusaders from President Donald Trumpās criticism of their national anthem antics.
Their shabby line of defense? The NFL is a āprivate enterpriseā whose ārightsā are being violated by those who dare to challenge the leagueās political radicalization. The anti-Trump Democratic Coalition has even filed an ethics complaint alleging that the presidentās comments constitute a criminal violation against using government offices āto influence the employment decisions and practicesā of a private entity.
Funny. These fair-weather friends of corporate free speech and the First Amendment were nowhere to be found when Boston Mayor Tom Menino and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were vowing to shut down Chick-Fil-A in their towns as government retaliation against the foundersā private religious beliefs.
As for the NFLās status as a āprivateā enterprise? Thatās some Super Bowl-sized audacity right there. I first started tracking publicly subsidized sports boondoggles with my very first watchdog website, Porkwatch, back in 1999. Since then, taxpayers at all levels of government have foot the bill for football stadiums to the tune of an estimated $1 billion every year.
Over the past decade, new tax-supported NFL stadiums rose up for the Indianapolis Colts (the $720 million Lucas Oil Stadium), the Dallas Cowboys (the $1.15 billion AT&T Stadium) the New York Jets and Giants (the $1.6 billion MetLife Stadium, the Minnesota Vikings (the $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium), the Atlanta Falcons (the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium), and the San Francisco 49ers (the $1.3 billion Leviās Stadium in Santa Clara).
Next in the works: a whopping $2.6 billion stadium for the Los Angeles Chargers and Rams and a $1.9 billion stadium for the Oakland Raiders when they move to Las Vegas. Left behind? An $83 million taxpayer debt on two-decade-old renovations to the Alameda County Coliseum that the Raiders are abandoning.
Both political parties have supported massive redistribution of taxes from working people to the gridironās spoiled 1-percenters. Public-private sports palace boosters employ the same bogus economic development math as the federal governmentās infamous Solyndra green energy loans, stimulus rip-offs and jobs programs. Citizens are promised an enormous multiplier of jobs and benefits in return for their āinvestments.ā But instead theyāve been saddled with a field of schemes.
Sports economists have concluded repeatedly that the effects of stadium subsidies on employment and economic activity are negligibleāor even negative. Scott Wolla of the St. Louis Federal Reserve reported earlier this year, āIn a 2017 poll, 83 percent of the economists surveyed agreed that āProviding state and local subsidies to build stadiums for professional sports teams is likely tocost the relevant taxpayers more than any local economic benefits that are generated.'ā
Yet, the NFL, its teams and its sponsors continue to benefit from a bonanza of tax-free loans, municipal bonds, rent waivers and property tax exemptions. Congress provided the league with an antitrust exemption that protects its monopoly broadcasting rights. Localities have raided āemergencyā funds to help pay for stadium construction. And corporate benefactors write off their expenses for luxury boxes, tickets and naming-rights purchases.
As long as the NFL has its hog noses buried in the taxpayer trough, Iāll keep speaking up about all the football militants who backed former 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick and his disgusting cops-as-pigs socks.
You wanna raise your fists on the field? Get your grubby hands out of our pockets first.
Michelle Malkin: NFL Pigskins at the Public Trough | VDARE - premier news outlet for patriotic immigration reform
Their shabby line of defense? The NFL is a āprivate enterpriseā whose ārightsā are being violated by those who dare to challenge the leagueās political radicalization. The anti-Trump Democratic Coalition has even filed an ethics complaint alleging that the presidentās comments constitute a criminal violation against using government offices āto influence the employment decisions and practicesā of a private entity.
Funny. These fair-weather friends of corporate free speech and the First Amendment were nowhere to be found when Boston Mayor Tom Menino and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were vowing to shut down Chick-Fil-A in their towns as government retaliation against the foundersā private religious beliefs.
As for the NFLās status as a āprivateā enterprise? Thatās some Super Bowl-sized audacity right there. I first started tracking publicly subsidized sports boondoggles with my very first watchdog website, Porkwatch, back in 1999. Since then, taxpayers at all levels of government have foot the bill for football stadiums to the tune of an estimated $1 billion every year.
Over the past decade, new tax-supported NFL stadiums rose up for the Indianapolis Colts (the $720 million Lucas Oil Stadium), the Dallas Cowboys (the $1.15 billion AT&T Stadium) the New York Jets and Giants (the $1.6 billion MetLife Stadium, the Minnesota Vikings (the $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium), the Atlanta Falcons (the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium), and the San Francisco 49ers (the $1.3 billion Leviās Stadium in Santa Clara).
Next in the works: a whopping $2.6 billion stadium for the Los Angeles Chargers and Rams and a $1.9 billion stadium for the Oakland Raiders when they move to Las Vegas. Left behind? An $83 million taxpayer debt on two-decade-old renovations to the Alameda County Coliseum that the Raiders are abandoning.
Both political parties have supported massive redistribution of taxes from working people to the gridironās spoiled 1-percenters. Public-private sports palace boosters employ the same bogus economic development math as the federal governmentās infamous Solyndra green energy loans, stimulus rip-offs and jobs programs. Citizens are promised an enormous multiplier of jobs and benefits in return for their āinvestments.ā But instead theyāve been saddled with a field of schemes.
Sports economists have concluded repeatedly that the effects of stadium subsidies on employment and economic activity are negligibleāor even negative. Scott Wolla of the St. Louis Federal Reserve reported earlier this year, āIn a 2017 poll, 83 percent of the economists surveyed agreed that āProviding state and local subsidies to build stadiums for professional sports teams is likely tocost the relevant taxpayers more than any local economic benefits that are generated.'ā
Yet, the NFL, its teams and its sponsors continue to benefit from a bonanza of tax-free loans, municipal bonds, rent waivers and property tax exemptions. Congress provided the league with an antitrust exemption that protects its monopoly broadcasting rights. Localities have raided āemergencyā funds to help pay for stadium construction. And corporate benefactors write off their expenses for luxury boxes, tickets and naming-rights purchases.
As long as the NFL has its hog noses buried in the taxpayer trough, Iāll keep speaking up about all the football militants who backed former 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick and his disgusting cops-as-pigs socks.
You wanna raise your fists on the field? Get your grubby hands out of our pockets first.
Michelle Malkin: NFL Pigskins at the Public Trough | VDARE - premier news outlet for patriotic immigration reform